How to Use dirty rice in a Sentence

dirty rice

noun
  • Is there anything a heaping scoop of dirty rice doesn't go with?
    — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Cochon dinners of roast pork, dirty rice, green beans, salad and bread will be sold.
    — Ann Maloney, NOLA.com, 17 Oct. 2017
  • Don't miss the sausage, old-school dirty rice (pungent with liver bits) and the peach cobbler.
    — Houston Chronicle, 10 May 2018
  • This dirty rice dish gets its flavor from chicken thighs and leftover potlickker.
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Think cornbread with andouille or meaty rice dressing, also known as dirty rice.
    — Annette Sisco, NOLA.com, 11 Nov. 2020
  • Hearts can be seared quickly, like little bite-sized steaks or minced fine along with the liver and gizzard for a batch of dirty rice.
    — Outdoor Life, 8 Mar. 2021
  • The local chain is popular for its chicken, dirty rice, boudin balls, red beans and rice, and sweet potato pie.
    — Chron Staff, Chron, 13 Oct. 2021
  • Not to mention the mouthwatering sides -- jambalya, dirty rice, and french fries.
    — Shelby Stewart, Houston Chronicle, 29 June 2020
  • Cajun sweet potato fries and dirty rice are sides and there’s N’awlins bread pudding or Cajun mud pie for dessert.
    — Shonda Talerico Dudlicek, Elgin Courier-News, 6 July 2018
  • Vegan bowls on the menu, either made with tofu or beets or roasted carrots and black bean dirty rice, are all $15.
    — Justin Phillips, SFChronicle.com, 30 Jan. 2020
  • The duo has garnered a cult following for their menu of bone-in chicken wings and sides like chicken, pork, beef and seafood boudain; dirty rice; and mac and cheese.
    — Megha McSwain, Chron, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Crawfish étouffée with dirty rice, dusted with paprika and Tabasco.
    — Star Tribune, 13 Nov. 2020
  • The small group, who dined in a private room, sampled the entire menu with no special requests other than to substitute dirty rice for chicken boudin rice.
    — Marcy De Luna, Chron, 14 Dec. 2020
  • From the looks of the post shared on Facebook, the turkey legs won't come with their famous fixings like dirty rice or the Cajun crawfish mac 'n' cheese.
    — Shelby Stewart, Chron, 26 Oct. 2020
  • It’s paid off, as guests regularly post images on Instagram of turkey legs stuffed with dirty rice and glazed with Hennessy.
    — Washington Post, 14 May 2021
  • The rest of the menu can similarly be described as Southern with a swerve, from chicken wings stuffed with dirty rice to pimento cheese with puffy fish skin chips and trout roe.
    — Associate Restaurant Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Next Door, which will house plants, flowers and even a bodega featuring Afro-Latino foods like gumbo, dirty rice, tamales and more.
    — Narda Pérez, Dallas News, 22 Mar. 2021
  • There will also be free food, including pork sliders, dirty rice, barbecue and desserts; a kids area with games and art; plus free yoga and meditation classes.
    — Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Apr. 2022
  • Stuffed with cheese and wrapped in bacon, shrimp brochette did its humble work over Cajun dirty rice that seemed neither especially Cajun nor dirty.
    — Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 19 Dec. 2019
  • For barbecue fans, the ribs platter is a picture-perfect presentation of saucy jackfruit ribs with collard greens, mac and (vegan) cheese and dirty rice.
    — Megha McSwain, Chron, 29 Mar. 2022
  • The menu is an appetizing mix of Southern classics like gumbo and dirty rice and autumnal dishes like pecan apple walnut salad.
    — Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 16 Nov. 2020
  • Maxine’s on Saint James, for chicken and waffles, baked catfish over grits, mac and cheese and dirty rice, jambalaya and etouffee, banana pudding and sweet tea.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Feb. 2021
  • Louisiana dirty rice is a tasty meat-and-rice dish that roots its flavor in aromatic Cajun seasoning and the holy trinity vegetables.
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The possibility of leftovers is good (and so, too, are repeat tastes of dishes including lime-marinated chicken and dirty rice tossed with charred kimchi).
    — Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2021
  • Even those of us who find the time to clean the exterior of the fridge once a week and the folks who wouldn’t dream of going to bed with a sink full of dishes may not think to wipe down the paprika after making a pot of dirty rice.
    — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 22 Jan. 2023
  • Each day, the restaurant will release a menu with set meals and a la carte dishes including marinated and grilled flank steak, roast chickens with salsa verde, farro and sweet potato salads, cajun dirty rice and more.
    — oregonlive, 2 July 2021
  • Roots, which opened in June, is her take on Southern cooking, anchored firmly in her Louisiana upbringing, with plenty of seafood, okra and dirty rice to go around.
    — New York Times, 12 Oct. 2021
  • Some of what is needed includes turkeys, hams, roasts, lasagna, macaroni and cheese, various vegetable casseroles, jambalaya or dirty rice, mashed or roasted potatoes, sweet potatoes, shrimp pasta, stuffing and fruit salad.
    — Staff Report, NOLA.com, 2 Dec. 2020
  • The menu also features a variety of creative Southern dishes, such as a muffaletta burger, smoked chicken and biscuit dumplings, Southern antipasto salad and dirty rice balls.
    — Kellie Hwang, azcentral, 6 July 2018
  • Versions stuffed with dirty rice or topped with shrimp alfredo pasta have garnered them national attraction, with even multiple celebrities (Snoop Dogg, Andre Johnson) avering themselves as fans.
    — Joanna O'Leary, Chron, 11 Feb. 2021

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